Sixth Constitution Day observed amid a special ceremony (Photo Feature)

The sixth Constitution Day (National Day) was observed in Nepal on Saturday amid a special ceremony held at Tundikhel, Kathmandu. President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and other high level officials were present in the ceremony.

Shortcomings in the governance system can be addressed: Prime Minister Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that all the shortcomings prevalent in the governance system formed by the Constitution written by the people's representatives could be addressed in the days to come.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Time To Live By Constitutional Morality

As the constitution of a country is regarded as a living organic document, its continued harmonious interpretation remains in progress to address the necessities of the time. The robust interpretation may give life to a law, for the courts are constitutionally empowered to construe the facts and circumstances to reemphasise people’s commitment to the constitution and upright the rights of the individuals. Solemn commitment The Constitution of Nepal, which features as many as 308 Articles and...

Beating Predicament Of Weak Governance

The rationale of governance implies collective rule making, rule enforcing and rule executing processes, authorities and institutions as per shared commitment to the constitution. It helps achieve national goals for the optimal satisfaction of citizens and get behavioural compliance. Its tools fulfil society’s functional needs-- provision, production and distribution of public goods while ideals carry legitimate and just use of power, transparent decision and accountability to the public. As a...

Respecting Spirit Of Constitution

“As a prime minister elected with a landslide vote, I vow to implement the constitution as per its ‘letters and spirit’ to ensure peace, good governance, development and progress,” Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had said while addressing the Constitution Day programme in the capital last year. By saying so, the Prime Minister had given a clear mess

Opinion Pieces Not Obsolete

Opinion pieces have certainly lost a bit of their charm. In the age of blogs and social media, getting opinion pieces published in a newspaper is no longer as big of a deal as it used to be. There is still an aura of prestige around it and getting featured in a news space (paper or portal) is indeed a credibility boost. But when it comes to getting a point across to the masses in the age of the internet, news organisations are neither the only nor the most effective medium to do that. So then are...

Constitution can be amended: PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the Constitution could be amended. Launching a book “A Treatise on the Constitution of Nepal, 2015” on the eve of the fifth Constitution Day on Friday, Prime Minister Oli remarked that if the Constitution showed any incompleteness in the process of its implementation, it could be amended. However, at the same time, he noted that there was no need to be misled by others in the reform process. At the book launch ceremony organised at the Prime Minister’s...

Students wait desperately to meet their friends

As a result of COVID-19, schools around the world have closed and millions of students have been directly affected by the rise of the coronavirus.As a consequence, the teaching method has changed dramatically and shifted to digital one. E-learning where teaching is undertaken remotely and on various digital platforms has been rising across the world. Numerous schools in Nepal, especially in Kathmandu, have been running online classes through zoom, Google meet and several other software. When the...

Train arrives in Janakpurdham

The government-procured two trains arrived in Janakpurdham, capital of State 2, on Friday. The two DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) trains, with engines at both sides, have been taken to Nepal Railway Station at Jayanagar in India on the same day. The trains have 10 bogies. The government had bought the two locomotives from Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, an Indian government-owned rail enterprise in Chennai. The trains will be operated from Kurtha of Janakpurdham to Jayanagar of India....